Thailand asks ASEAN+3 countries to create regional connectivity

MALAYSIA, 22 November 2015 (NNT) - Thailand has urged ASEAN+3 countries including China, Japan, and South Korea to establish regional connectivity and upscale cooperation in various areas.

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Charan: Constitutional Court not independent organization

BANGKOK, 22 November 2015 (NNT) - Constitutional Court judge Charan Phakdithanakun has voiced support for the idea to separate Constitutional Court from a chapter pertaining to independent organizations.

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Special Report: PM highlights national reform, 20-year strategic plan

BANGKOK: Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha stated that economic reform must be carried out in line with guidelines for national reform and the country’s 20-year strategy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/872735-special-report-pm-highlights-national-reform-20-year-strategic-plan/

American woman in complaint dispute over pony manure smell, Thai neighbor's early-morning roosters

Police speak with the American woman about horse manure on her property. Photo: Ekapop Thongtub

PHUKET: An American woman in Cherng Talay who has been woken up by roosters crosing in her Thai neighbor's two new chicken coops for the past month, is not content with local police's suggestion to simply close her doors and windows so as to filter out the noise, which they say is 'natural in Thailand'.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/872756-american-woman-in-complaint-dispute-over-pony-manure-smell-thai-neighbors-early-morning-roosters/

Scores killed in Myanmar jade mine landslide: officials

Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse

MYANMAR: At least 90 people have died in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area of northern Myanmar, officials said Sunday, as search teams continued to find bodies in one of the deadliest disasters to strike the country's shadowy jade industry.

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Phuket Opinion: Don’t put blame, put it right

A water meter fails to turn when no water is running through it. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

PHUKET: With Phuket being a world-class holiday destination, one would have thought that the island’s infrastructure would also be world class. Sadly, this is not the case. One only has to drive around the island to see how poor the roads are kept, or unkept, as the case may be.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/872760-phuket-opinion-dont-put-blame-put-it-right/

Asean leaders sign KL Declaration

LOSHANA K SHAGAR
The Star
Asia News Network

KUALA LUMPUR: Asean leaders have signed a document to launch the Asean Community in a simple, short and glittering ceremony here.

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Maritime issue in spotlight as Asia summit season winds down

Catherine BARTON
Agence France-Presse

KUALA LUMPUR: Asia-Pacific leaders opened a final summit Sunday with attention expected to swing back to the maritime standoff in the South China Sea, closing a marathon week of diplomacy largely overshadowed by the recent jihadist attacks.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/872768-maritime-issue-in-spotlight-as-asia-summit-season-winds-down/

Obama says to host Asean leaders in US in 2016

KUALA LUMPUR - President Barack Obama on Sunday announced plans to host the leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations next year as he rejected accusations that Middle East turmoil was distracting him from focusing on Asia.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/872769-obama-says-to-host-asean-leaders-in-us-in-2016/

Turkish Airlines flight diverts to Canada after bomb threat

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A bomb threat forced a Turkish Airlines flight from New York City to Istanbul to divert and land in Canada, police said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/872773-turkish-airlines-flight-diverts-to-canada-after-bomb-threat/

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